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Rossini Robert Bruce

We collectors being a tidy-minded crew, it is gratifying to have released within a few months of one another both...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2003

Bartók Miraculous Mandarin; Kosály Háry János

Schwarz turns in a lithe and energetic Miraculous Mandarin, but he isn't about to keep you awake at nights; this...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1990

Mozart Symphonies Nos 38 and 41

Such has been the admiration (if not always affection) for René Jacobs’s Mozart operas, and so striking have been the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2007

Rudi Routine Mapping

The explanation of how these computer animations were devised is considerably longer than this entire review‚ but‚ put crudely‚ the...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Jennifer Larmore Where Shall I Fly?

With her strong, vibrant tone and wide-awake personality, Jennifer Larmore captures attention immediately, and with a reassuring degree of consistency...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Bach Goldberg Variations

One of the first things to strike the listener in this new recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations is the fine...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1994

Birtwistle Secret Theatre

When these recordings first appeared Birtwistle enthusiasts were still absorbing the impact of three 1986 premieres, Earth Dances, The Mask...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2008

Brahms Orchestral Works

The growing profusion of new versions of the key repertoire works, truthfully recorded, often brings a critical dilemma, and this...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1991

Lehar (The) Merry Widow

Producers’ visions can make or break opera or operetta on DVD. Lotfi Mansouri’s farewell production for San Francisco Opera, presented...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/2003

Reicha Wind Quintets

The more of Reicha’s vast output becomes known, the odder he seems – ‘bizarre’, as his puzzled contemporaries repeatedly called...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 13/1997

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